CONSPICUITY OF MOTORCYCLES

Accident studies have shown that a major cause of daytime motorcycle accidents is poor frontal visibility. Laboratory experiments are reported which were aimed at investigating the detectability of four devices (high-beam headlight, low-beam headlight, a white triangular wind fairing, and a bright red fluorescent jacket) relative to a standard motorcycle, in both "cluttered" and "clean" environments in daylight. Combinations of these devices were not tested. It was found that the high-beam headlight was superior to other devices in both environments.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Williams, M J
  • Hoffmann, E R
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 619-626
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Crash causes; Crash investigation; High beamed headlamps; Low beamed headlamps; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcycles; Multiple vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: High beamed headlights; Low beamed headlights
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314843
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM